Ox-shoe



(No Model.)

H. HOTOHKISS.

OX'SHOE.

No. 312,352. Patentd Feb. 17, 1885.

WITNESSES: N IINVENTOR NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HOTCHKISS, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT.

OX-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,352, dated February 1'7, 1885.

Application filed January 8, 1883. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HOTOHKISS, of Cheshire, county of New Haven, and State 'of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ox-Shoes, of which the following is aspecification. Y

My invention relates to improvements in oxshoesin which the toecalks extend obliquely across the end of the shoe and are substantially parallel to the heel-calks; and the objects of myinvention are, first, to makeashoe which will give the ox wearing the shoes a better foothold, and, second, to make a shoe having a level tread, and also to makeamore durable shoe. I attain these objects by the construction of the shoe illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, in Which- Fig. 1 is a plan View. Fig. 2 is a side elevation or edge view, and Fig. 3 is a like view of an old style of shoe which has been worn.

a designates the heel-calk, and b the toecalk. The former occupies the ordinary position on the shoe; but the latter, instead of extending across the toe end substantial-1y at right angles thereto, as in ordinary oxshoes, extends across said end obliquely and substantially parallel to the heel-calk. EX- actly parallel to the heel-calk is a good position for the toe-calk. The transverse broken line at the toe end in Fig. 1 indicates the end of the shoe as ordinarily formed.

This shoe may be forged either by hand or machinery; or it may be made of cast or malleable iron, or in anyordinary manner. The advantages claimed for it are that the toecalk stands substantially at right angles to the line of draft, so that the ox can obtainamuch better foothold, especially when his toe only 40 bears upon the ground, than can be obtained with the ordinary shoe; also, that there is no tendency to make his hoofs crowd together at the toes, which often results in straining the cords of the feet and crippling or laming the 5 ox when the ordinary shoe is used. The wear upon the toe-calks will also come upon the front corner of the calk and substantially parallel thereto, so as to wear evenly the whole length of the calk, instead of wearing off one end first, as in the ordinary shoe.

Fig. 3 shows an ordinary shoe as worn in full lines,while the broken lines represent the toe-call: as it was before wearing. In this figure, A designates the heel-calk; B, thetoecalk.

I claim as my invention- An oX-shoe having the toecalk extend across the toe end obliquely to said end and substantially parallel with the heel-calk, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

HENRY HOTCHKISS. Witnesses:

MILTON C. DOOLITTLE, ARTHUR E. HOTOHKISS. 

